Resource management apparatus, resource management method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Abstract

Provided is a resource management apparatus including an event acquisition unit which acquires, in response to provision of a resource that is to be recycled to a collection location, a collection event of the resource, a provider information acquisition unit which acquires provider identification information for identifying a provider who has provided the resource to the collection location, and a provider recording unit which records an association between collection event identification information for identifying the collection event of the resource and the provider identification information of the provider of the resource in a provider database.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A resource management apparatus comprising:
 an event acquisition unit which acquires, in response to provision of a resource that is to be recycled, a collection event of the resource;   a provider information acquisition unit which acquires provider identification information for identifying a provider who has provided the resource;   a provider recording unit which records an association between collection event identification information for identifying the collection event of the resource and the provider identification information of the provider of the resource in a provider database; and   a trace processing unit which traces a recycling process for the resource by using the collection event of the resource, wherein   the event acquisition unit acquires a process event of the resource in response to a process to be performed on the resource,   the trace processing unit records, in a trace information database, an association between the process event and the collection event of the resource which is set as a process target in the process event, the resource including one or more resources,   the trace information database records, as disclosed information, the association between the process event and the collection event of the resource which is set as the process target in the process event, the resource including one or more resources, and   the provider includes a plurality of providers, and the provider database records, as non-disclosure information, the association between the collection event identification information and the provider identification information with regard to one of the providers.   
     
     
         2 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising an information provision unit which informs the provider of the resource which is set as the process target that the resource has been processed in response to acquisition of the process event, wherein
 the information provision unit acquires the collection event associated with the process event from the trace information database, and acquires the provider identification information associated with the collection event that is acquired from the provider database.   
     
     
         3 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the provider information acquisition unit receives, from a collection apparatus provided in a collection location, the provider identification information received by the collection apparatus from a communication terminal of the provider and collection apparatus identification information for identifying the collection apparatus. 
     
     
         4 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the provider information acquisition unit receives collection apparatus identification information for identifying a collection apparatus provided in a collection location and the provider identification information from a communication terminal of the provider. 
     
     
         5 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the provider information acquisition unit specifies the provider who has provided the resource to a collection location based on a location of a communication terminal of the provider. 
     
     
         6 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the trace processing unit records, based on location information of a collection vehicle which collects the resource, an association between the collection event of the one or more resources and the process event indicating pickup of the one or more resources by the collection vehicle in the trace information database. 
     
     
         7 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the event acquisition unit acquires a second process event of the resource in response to a second process to be performed on the resource on which a first process has been performed, and   the trace processing unit further records, in the trace information database, an association between the second process event and a first process event acquired in response to the first process having been performed.   
     
     
         8 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the first process includes a plurality of first processes, the resource includes a plurality of resources, the first process event includes a plurality of first process events, and after the plurality of resources are respectively processed by the plurality of first processes, in response to the plurality of resources to be processed by the second process, the trace processing unit records, in the trace information database, associations between the second process event and the plurality of first process events respectively acquired in response to the plurality of first processes. 
     
     
         9 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein in response to detection that a collection vehicle which has collected the resource arrives at a processing plant, the trace processing unit records an association between the collection event with regard to the resource collected by the collection vehicle and the process event to be acquired in response to a process of the resource in the processing plant in the trace information database. 
     
     
         10 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising an incentive awarding unit which awards an incentive to the provider of the resource in response to the resource having been recycled. 
     
     
         11 . The resource management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the trace processing unit records the collection event and the process event with regard to the resource as a blockchain in the trace information database, the process event including one or more process events. 
     
     
         12 . A resource management method comprising:
 acquiring, by a resource management apparatus, in response to provision of a resource that is to be recycled, a collection event of the resource;   acquiring, by the resource management apparatus, a process event of the resource in response to a process to be performed on the resource;   acquiring, by the resource management apparatus, provider identification information for identifying a provider who has provided the resource;   recording, by the resource management apparatus, an association between collection event identification information for identifying the collection event of the resource and the provider identification information of the provider of the resource in a provider database; and   tracing, by the resource management apparatus, a recycling process for the resource by using the collection event of the resource, wherein   the tracing includes recording, in a trace information database, an association between the process event and the collection event of the resource which is set as a process target in the process event, the resource including one or more resources,   the trace information database records, as disclosed information, the association between the process event and the collection event of the resource which is set as the process target in the process event, the resource including one or more resources, and   the provider includes a plurality of providers, and the provider database records, as non-disclosure information, the association between the collection event identification information and the provider identification information with regard to one of the providers.   
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a resource management program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as:
 an event acquisition unit which acquires, in response to provision of a resource that is to be recycled, a collection event of the resource;   a provider information acquisition unit which acquires provider identification information for identifying a provider who has provided the resource;   a provider recording unit which records an association between collection event identification information for identifying the collection event of the resource and the provider identification information of the provider of the resource in a provider database; and   a trace processing unit which traces a recycling process for the resource by using the collection event of the resource, wherein   the event acquisition unit acquires a process event of the resource in response to a process to be performed on the resource,   the trace processing unit records, in a trace information database, an association between the process event and the collection event of the resource which is set as a process target in the process event, the resource including one or more resources,   the trace information database records, as disclosed information, the association between the process event and the collection event of the resource which is set as the process target in the process event, the resource including one or more resources, and   the provider includes a plurality of providers, and the provider database records, as non-disclosure information, the association between the collection event identification information and the provider identification information with regard to one of the providers.